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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Pushing Daisies Sew Along Schedule

My goodness, I have been so overwhelmed with everything these past two weeks! I've had an ungodly amount of work to do, my mother has been in town, I've been trying to finish up start Valentine's Day presents for my boyfriend (which was a failure - Valentine's Day has been postponed), and in the midst of everything, Sew Grateful has been going on and in addition to discovering many new, amazing blogs, I had actually had people join my sew along! (And today's the last day to join my giveaway if you're interested!)

So... having never done one of these before, I'm going to create a schedule that will probably be altered a few times. I made a lot of categories because I'm assuming that will be helpful, but let me know if you want to see less. Or more! If you notice something that's missing, let me know so I can add it!

Just a note: I tend not to make muslins because I like to wing everything (and not spend time and money), but I certainly encourage the making of muslins for those who want everything to be perfect.

I'm all about saving money at this point in my life so I'm going to be using patterns from my stash. For the top I'm adapting Vogue 9810 version C and for the bottom I'm using Butterick B5708. Alice at Heteronormative Lovefest recommended the 1202 Cambie dress, which is just darling, and it seems like an excellent option.

As I mentioned in the original post, I'm not so sure I want another bright red dress so mine will probably be a different color. I haven't checked prices yet, but in my head I'm assuming white lace is the cheapest so I'm probably going to get that and dye it.

The dates are approximate! I will do my best to get the posts up that week so if you don't see them that day, I'm sure they will appear shortly.

What a great idea to use Cambie!! It's perfect for Chuck. There are 3 or 4 dresses that are inspiring me (Hope these links work):http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ipZesIQNCFs/TIcc-waBvXI/AAAAAAAABeA/tJ9OFNW1Vjs/s1600/Cast-Photos-pushing-daisies-332793_1280_720.jpghttp://www.inmost-light.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/31_05_pushing_daisies_6.jpghttp://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/2900000/Pushing-Daisies-pushing-daisies-2960754-1280-1024.jpgJust need to start with my fabric stash and go from there.